Mansukhlal Maganlal Jhaveri was a Gujarati language poet, critic, and literary historian of the Gandhian era.
10 Facts About Mansukhlal Jhaveri
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri was deeply interested in classical Sanskrit poetry and authored History of Gujarati Literature.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri completed his primary and secondary education in Jamnagar and matriculated in 1931.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri acquired a Bachelor of Arts in 1935 and a Master of Arts in 1937 from Samaldas College, Bhavnagar.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri subsequently taught at Raiya College in Mumbai, Dharmendrasinhji College in Rajkot from 1940 to 1945, and St Xavier's College in Mumbai from 1945 to 1958.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri married Hasmukhgauri and had four daughters and a son.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri's first poetry collection, Chandradut, is an adaptation of Meghaduta by Kalidasa, written in Mandakranta meter.
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Deeply influenced by classical Sanskrit poetry, Mansukhlal Jhaveri wrote poems on mythological themes such as Abhimanyu and Ashwatthama.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri deeply studied Eastern and Western concepts of literary criticism and published several books of critical articles and reviews including Thoda Vivechan Lekho, Paryeshana, Kavyavimarsha, Abhigam, Govardhanram, Nhanalal, Kanaiylal Munshi, Umashankar Joshi, Gujarati Sahityabhasha, Balwantrai Thakor, Aapno Kavita Vaibhav Vol.
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Mansukhlal Jhaveri translated Kalidasa's Abhijnanshakuntalam into Gujarati as Smritibramsha athva Shapit Shakuntala.